The GDPR

Article 73 repeats the rule whereby the Board shall elect a chair and two deputy chairs from amongst its members by simple majority. Both the chair and the two deputy chairs shall be elected by a simple majority of the members.

The term of office of the Chair and of the deputy chairs shall be amended from two years to five years in the last version of the Regulation. However, their mandate shall be renewable only once.

The Directive

the Article 29 Working Party was allowed to elect their chair for a term of 2 years. In addition, pursuant to the Directive, the chair mandate was renewable.

1. The European Data Protection Board shall elect a chair and two deputy chairpersons from amongst its members. One deputy chairperson shall be the European Data Protection Supervisor, unless he or she has been elected chair.

2. The term of office of the chair and of the deputy chairpersons shall be five years and be renewable.